Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-08-05
PROMINENT WOMEN.

Queen Victoiia's gold service dimes $50 per-
Sons.
Mrs. Clevelanl is having several new dresses
made by Worth Tor next seasons soc..i
gayeties.
TAe mother of Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., was first
cousin of Abigail Dodge Gail Hamilton) and
of Mrs James G. Blaine.
Mrs. Sarah Althea Hill-Sharon- Terry puts
faith in the Arizona boom, and has bought
large mine near Cerbat, A T.
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has bought
land at Willoughby Park, Collins Beach,
Mass, and will build a summer home.
Mrs. Riegel formerly Elizabeth Nichol-
son, celebrated Philadelphia belle, recently
married Baron Frederic Blanc, of France.
Nile. Jeanne Hugo, daughter of the late
great Frenchman, is said by the society gos-
sips of the continent to be the belle Of Paris.
Mrs. Perry, widow of Commodore Perry
the hero of Lake Erie, is living at Stratford,
Conn, in good health and spirits for an old
lady
The Duchess of Cambridge is the oldest
member of the English royal family. She is
over 90 years old, and George III was her
father-in
Mrs. II. o. Stone. the leader Of Chicago So
ciety, is at Long Branch, guest of Mrs.
George H. Pullman Mrs. Stone is widow
worth S3,OOO,0O, and is not yet beyond mid
die age.
Mrs. Hem Is so thorough a sailor and so
fond of the Galatea as her home that she has
been ashore but four times since April Her
diversions are fishing and training pet rae
coon which she caught in Florida
Miss Belle De Long, popular young lady
of Council Bluffs, Ia, left her home last win.
ter to become a member of the Salvation
Army. Her relatives mourned her as dead,
when she returned to her family recently.
Mrs. Julia II. Wilson, of New Britain,
Conn, one Of the most finished Latin scholars
in the United States, has received the degree
of Ph. D. from Bethany college, Topeka, the
chief college Of the Episcopal church for the
education of women.
Miss Jennie Carlisle, an attractive and
wealthy young woman of Minneapolis, re-
Gently fell in love with a bicyclst by the
name of Eek. The Carlisle family objected
to their daughters receiving the athletes at
tentions. and she proposed an elopement He
was willing, and fight to Omaha and mar
riage was the result.
The queen of Portugal is an accomplished
potter. When staying at the seaside last
year she constantly visited an important fac
tory close by, and was so interested that she
took lessons in the whole process of mapufac-
ture. Now Queen Maria Pia has become
first rate workwoman, and turns out most
artistic vases, bowls, cups, etc.
One of the bellies of Saratoga is Miss Bach.
the daughter of a Wall street broker. A
correspondent thus describes her: Miss Bach
Is stately brunette, with round face, large
dark eyes, and when she appears with her
hair arranged in Grecian knot. as she usu-
ally does, one can imagine the graceful form
and regular and classic features of a Hellenic
maiden as she sweeps along the Ionic col
umned piazza of Congress hail.
Mr., and Mrs William Laytin, of New York.
are making something of sensation at Sara
toga Mr. Laytin is the owner of fleet Of
East river ferry boats and very rich man.
On his arrival at the Grand Union hotel,
Saratoga, he tipped the head waiter with a
$50 bill, according to rumor, and is. there
fore, well served at his meals Mrs. Laytin
has 200 costumes with her. Seventy-fiv of
these are for out-of-door wear and have hats,
parasols and fans to match.